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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






2. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






3. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






4. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






5. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






6. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






7. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






8. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






9. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






10. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






11. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






12. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






13. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






14. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






15. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






16. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






17. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






18. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






19. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






20. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






21. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






22. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






23. Technique of shading using dots to control value






24. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






25. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






26. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






27. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






28. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






29. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






30. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






31. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






32. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






33. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






34. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






35. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






36. Known for his glass sculpture






37. Creates blue dye






38. Something that supports a sculpture






39. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






40. Pale green






41. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






42. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






43. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






44. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






45. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






46. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






47. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






48. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






49. Where the revolving door was fully developed






50. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face